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malacia

malacia, a calm at sea

mălăcĭa, ae, f., = μαλακία, a calm at sea, dead calm.
  • I Lit.: tanta subito malacia ac tranquillitas exstitit, ut se loco movere non possent, Caes. B. G. 3, 15, 3.—
    • B Trop.: in otio inconcusso jacere non est tranquillitas, malacia est, Sen. Ep. 67, 14.—
  • II Transf., a total want of appetite, nausea (post-Aug.): semen citreorum edendum praecipiunt in malacia praegnantibus, Plin. 23, 6, 56, § 105; so id. 23, 6, 57, § 107.— With stomachi: absinthium pellit malaciam stomachi, Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 48.

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